Sunday, March 5, 2017

James Wolcott has had a moment in Vanity Fair. Whatever you
think of the rest of his screed, these sentences are worth quoting:

The
left’s romance with revolution has always been a reality-blinder, this
thermodynamic belief that things need to get bad beyond the breaking point so
that people will take the vape pens out of their mouths, rise up, and storm the
Bastille. But the history of non-democracies and authoritarian personality
cults shows that things can stay bad and get worse for a long time, leaving
unhealable wounds. Mao’s China, for example. Putin’s tubercular Russia.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/08/22/steve-bannon-trump-s-top-guy-told-me-he-was-a-leninist.html ---He never called himself a “populist” or an “American nationalist,” as so many think of him today. “I’m a Leninist,” Bannon proudly proclaimed. Shocked, I asked him what he meant. “Lenin,” he answered, “wanted to destroy the state, and that’s my goal too. I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment.” Bannon was employing Lenin’s strategy for Tea Party populist goals. He included in that group the Republican and Democratic Parties, as well as the traditional conservative press. ---

I admit I don't think you can call Trump a Revolutionary. I think he really believes he can make America great by only tearing down only the things he doesn't think he likes. It's a pretty blind an arrogant idea, but it's good enough to convince people to believe in him.

And the Tea Party revolutionaries are ready to make this country a Christian theocracy like our founding fathers wanted. Soon only white male landowners will be able to vote, as God intended.